This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared System, the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and more.
We start off with the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on major defense acquisition programs looking at the Air Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared System:
A new report from the Government Accountability Office highlights risk in the Air Force’s plan to launch the first geosynchronous satellite in the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared System constellation by late 2025, calling the plan “highly aggressive and high risk.”
Our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity have news on the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program:
More work is needed to define the policies and procedures behind the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program that go beyond a memorandum of understanding with its accreditation body, according to a leading tech industry association.
Roles and responsibilities of the Defense Department and the accreditation body for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program are detailed in a memorandum of understanding released this week, which spells out how government will work with industry to conduct cyber verification assessments for the defense industrial base.
The Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical is working with a network cross-functional team to develop and deliver a series of two-year capability sets from fiscal years 2021 to 2027:
The Army is getting ready to field its first integrated tactical network set to four infantry brigades following a critical design review completed earlier this year, according to service officials.
The Missile Defense Agency recently published a notice of its plans to award a $9.9 million, 15-month contract to Raytheon’s Albuquerque, NM, business:
The Missile Defense Agency is readying a new Microwave Technology Testbed to mature directed-energy technologies that could be used to thwart hypersonic glide vehicles and cruise missiles.
Frederick Moorefield, deputy DOD chief information officer for command, control and communications, spoke at an AFCEA event last week:
The Pentagon has established a new “tiger team” to engage fifth-generation wireless standards bodies, as the Defense Department seeks more influence over the technologies underlying high-speed 5G networks.